3aelectrical engineering:bus barbcomputers: a set of parallel conductors (see conductor d(1)) in a computer system that forms a main transmission path

4: a spacecraft or missile that carries one or more detachable devices (such as warheads)

throw (someone) under the bus

informal

: to criticize, blame, or punish (someone in a vulnerable position) especially in order to avoid blame or gain an advantage … we will not throw any student under the bus for instant restoration of our image or our reputation. — Donna ShalalaBut he went out of his way to make clear that this one wasn't really on him. The problem lay with underlings, whom he quickly threw under the bus. — Rem Rieder

And because the residents have lives outside the slum, working in hotels and factories, riding on buses, shaking hands with everyone from aid workers to merchants, the influenza advances beyond the slum.

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The History of bus

For nearly three centuries, French mathematician Blaise Pascal was credited with building the first mechanical calculator. Then, in 1935, historian Franz Hammer discovered papers proving that German mathematician Wilhelm Schickard had beaten Pascal to it by 18 years. But in 1661 Pascal initiated a world first that has not been discredited: he conceived the world’s first bus service, proposing that a number of coaches should “circulate along predetermined routes in Paris at regular intervals regardless of the number of people,” and pick up passengers for a small fixed fare. The word bus is short for omnibus, which means “for everyone.” It was first used in this sense circa 1823, and referred to the fact that anyone could join the coach along its route, unlike stagecoaches, which had to be pre-booked.

transitive verb

Examples of bus in a Sentence

He buses tables at the local diner.

Recent Examples of bus from the Web

The jury of seven men and five women, who had been selected in Pittsburgh and bused 300 miles to Montgomery County Court in Norristown, Pa., to hear the case, told Judge Steven O’Neill that they were hopelessly deadlocked.

The restaurants have since taken on new ownership, but former workers who testified before the grand jury described being housed in crowded, racially segregated dorms, and being bused to work 12-hour shifts six days a week without adequate breaks.

School District 131 officials are set to move forward with a plan for busing next school year that will not require the district to change school start times and will be more expensive than an alternative option.

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